Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicNitin Sawhney – Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Injections of light humour and (very) occasional changes of pace make Live at Ronnie Scott’s an enjoyable retrospective of Sawhney's almost 30-year career Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
MusicCrepes – Channel Four
Crepes' Channel Four can be quite pleasant, but it's unlikely to stay with you Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
FilmFranchise Players: 5 Auteurs & Their Ideal Movie Series
With Tarantino offering to take the helm of the Starship Enterprise, we wonder what other major filmmakers might want to dip their toes in a movie franchise Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
MusicBDY_PRTS @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 2 Dec
The surreal pop wonders of Bdy_Prts prove as impressive live as on record Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Bad Mannequins – Double Denim (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Double Denim from Glasgow duo Bad Mannequins Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
A Honeybloody Festive Playlist
Ahead of their upcoming Christmas party at Glasgow's O2 ABC on 22 Dec, Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale has put together a cracker of a festive playlist to help get you in the mood Read more »| 07 Dec 2017
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ArtArika Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist @ Tramway, Glasgow
A quickfire run-through of the many events that formed Arika Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist. Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Art
Understandable Artwork at Dundee Contemporary Arts
Artists Kate V Robertson and Andrew Lacon will show this month in Dundee Contemporary Arts, and they share a commitment to engaging non-art audiences that's shared by new Dundee Contemporary Arts curator Eoin Dara Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Alex Cameron @ Gorilla, Manchester, 6 Dec
Sydney's Springsteen is joined by his business partner, the self-appointed Marvelous Crane, for a fun-but-slight run through recent hits Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Alternative Peers' Ball @ Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 25 Nov
Django Django, Siobhan Wilson, Pictish Trail and Meursault feature at Assembly Rooms' Alternative Peers' Ball Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Destroyer @ CCA, Glasgow, 5 Dec
Dan Bejar delivers his complex, highly literate ramblings with the fiery conviction of a hobo preacher Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Film
Paul Thomas Anderson films returning to the big screen on 35mm
To coincide with the release of Phantom Thread, five great Paul Thomas Anderson joints are returning to the big screen on 35mm Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Comedy
CHUNKS' Alternative Christmas Gift Guide
Christmas shopping just became a lot easier thanks to Glasgow comedy collective CHUNKS curating a unique gift guide Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Fuzzystar – Superhero (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Edinburgh-based Fuzzystar's new single, Superhero Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 6-11 Dec
There's everything from tropical pop to thrashcore hip-hop this week in Scotland's central belt – plenty to get your teeth sunk into and then some! Read more »| 06 Dec 2017